This is a story about a girl named Shayla who is 12. Shayla lives in an orphanage where she is not on anyone's good side. When one day TØP (her favourite band) comes in and plays a few songs. On the last song Shayla notices that Jenna had been watching her and at that moment her life changed.
"Oh, come on, Carmen. What are you so afraid of?"
"Falling in love. Philophobia, you can call it. The fear of emotional attachment to another."
"And that's supposed to mean what?"
"I'm afraid to be around you."
Tyler is your average high schooler. He comes home from school one Friday afternoon and recognizes the house across the street is for sale. He didn't know that. This house would change his life.